Necktie hanger



Jan. 15, 1957 L. w. VAN DUSEN 2,777,582

NECKTIE HANGER Filed Nov. 23, 1953 LQUPENC; [a t Aw Baas/v INVENTOR.

United States Patent NECKTIE HANGER Laurence William Van Dusen, Escondido, Calif.

Application November 23, 1953, Serial No. 393,877 3 Claims. (Cl. 211119) This invention relates to garment storage devices and has particular reference to a necktie hanger.

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a necktie hanger of novel and improved construction.

Another object of this invention is to provide a necktie hanger which is compact and of relatively small size, yet which is capable of conveniently supporting a large plurality of neckties without wrinkling or crushing of the ties.

Yet another objects of this invention is to provide a necktie hanger which is of extremely simple construction and which is adapted to be manufactured economically on a quantity basis.

Other objects and advantages of this invention it is believed will be readily apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of a necktie hanger embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, the necktie hanger of this invention is generally indicated 10, and is shown as constructed of a smooth, single length of relatively heavy steel wire or rod, suitably shaped in a manner to be fully described hereinafter. it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the use of Wire or rod, since as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, the hanger may be constructed of wood or may be molded of plastic if desired.

The hanger includes attachment means which may comprise a hook portion 12 for supporting the same upon a clothes pole or the like of the type generally found in closets. If desired, the hook portion may be provided with a swivel element (not shown) for added convenience. Here again, it should be noted that the hook portion is not vitally essential to the invention, since other means of support may be provided.

In the embodiment shown, a leg 14 extends downwardly from the hook portion 12, branching into a pair of generally vertical legs 15. Extending inwardly from each leg and lying in a difierent plane from that of the legs 15 is a straight cross bar portion 16, and integral with each of the cross bars is an upstanding arm 18, the arms being joined by an arcuate portion 20, to form a loop and lying in a plane spaced from but generally parallel with the plane of the legs 15. It will be noted from an inspection of the drawings that the arms 18 comprise a unitary "ice structure disposed centrally of the legs 15 and extending substantially parallel with said legs as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the plane of said legs, and that the cross bars extend upwardly from the lower end of said legs, forming acute angles of roughly 45 therewith. It will be further noted that the cross bars extend at an angle from the plane of the legs, here again the angle being approximately 45 (see Figure 2).

In use of the device thus described any convenient number of neckties are placed on the hanger in the position shown by the phantom lines of Figure 2, with the bottom necktie resting flatly on the cross bars 16 and extending across the space between the legs 15 and arms 18, the remaining neckties being positioned one above the other in the same general or complementary disposition. It will be noted from Fig. 2 that the cross bars 16 are of a length corresponding substantially to the Width of the intermediate portion of the neckties. It will be understood that due to the size and direction of inclination of the cross bars 16, the superposed neckties are supported in a manner such that the front portions of the neckties face forwardly, without any short breaks in the portions being supported, thus avoiding wrinkling and crushing thereof, and presenting the neckties in a manner which permits of convenient selection. A single necktie, even though it be the lowermost one, may be easily selected and removed without any substantial disturbing of the other neckties, merely by lifting the central portion of the necktie from one end of the tie, and manually moving the tie vertically upwardly until it clears the arcuate portion 20. This can be done rapidly by flipping the tie.

While a specific embodiment of this invention has been shown and described, it is not intended to limit the same to the exact details of the construction set forth, and it embraces such changes, modifications and equivalents of the parts and their formation and arrangement as come within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a necktie hanger, the combination of hanger attaching means, a single pair of substantially parallel smooth, vertical legs connected with said attaching means and lying in a single plane, a straight cross bar extending from each leg in a direction toward the other leg, each of said cross bars forming an acute angle with its associated leg, the cross bars being of a length corresponding substantially to the width of an intermediate portion of a necktie, and a unitary upstanding structure having smooth side surfaces and being attached to said cross bars substantially centrally of said legs and extending generally parallel with both of said legs, said unitary upstanding structure, legs and cross bars cooperating together to retain a plurality of neckties on said hanger in superposed relation, with portions of the lowermost necktie resting flatly on said cross bars and the remaining neckties assuming a relation generally complementary thereto, whereby any one of said neckties may be removed from said hanger without disturbing the superposed positions of the remainder of said neckties.

2. A necktie hanger, as defined in claim 1, in which at least the upper portion of said upstanding structure lies in a plane difierent from that of the plane of the vertical legs.

3. A necktie hanger formed of a single length of wire,

saidhanger including attaching means at the top thereof, a single pair of garallel upright legs depending from said attaching means and lying in a single plane, a substantially straight cross bar extending from the lower end of each of said parallel legs in a direction toward the other leg, each of said cross bars forming an acute angle with its respective leg and a similar angle with the plane of said legs, the cross bars being of a length corresponding substantially to the width of an intermediate portion of a necktie, and a pair of upstanding arms each connected 10 at the lower end thereof to one of said cross bars, said arms lying in a planespaced from but generally parallel with the plane of said legs, and said arms, legs and cross bars cooperating together to retain a plurality of neckties on said hanger in superposed relation, with the lowermost necktie resting on said cross bars, whereby a single necktie may be removed from said hanger Without disturbing the positions of the remainder of said neckties.

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